Astardis: Maybe he just had enough trust in Gelfand's ability to hold this position.
Frankly, it looks un-losable for White. But hey, I just took a quick look at the final position without doing any analysis.

Astardis: Good for Alisa that she won this one. Not only did the win cure her self consciousness after that terrible round-2-defeat but it also won the match for Russia 1! By the way, it is so good to see Ms. Galliamova play in team one for Russia.